Registered Nurse Outpatient - Primary Care w/bonus - 5280

Vantage Search Group•Twentynine Palms, CA

4h•$56 - $60•Onsite

About The Position

We have a new opening for a Registered Nurse - Outpatient Primary Care at the Naval Hospital Twentynine Palms, California. This role involves coordinating patient care, ensuring compliance with standards, performing physical exams and health histories, providing health promotions and education, administering medications and interventions, directing and supervising other healthcare professionals, and managing patient care assignments. The nurse will be responsible for recognizing adverse signs and symptoms, reacting to emergencies, communicating with the healthcare team, making referrals, performing nursing services, and conducting research to improve practice and patient outcomes.

Requirements

Associates degree in nursing program recognized by the Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN) or the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE).
Minimum one (1) year of post-grad RN clinical primary care experience within the last 2-years.
Current, full, active, and unrestricted RN license from any state.
Maintain current AHA or ARC BLS Certification.
Must possess ability to pass a Government background check/security clearance.

Responsibilities

Coordinate patient care in collaboration with a wide array of healthcare professionals.
Facilitate the achievement of optimal outcomes in relation to clinical care, quality and cost effectiveness.
Ensure compliance with standards of care and practice in accordance with all established policies, procedures, and guidelines used in the facility.
Perform physical exam and health histories.
Provide health promotions, counseling, and education.
Administer medications, wound care, and numerous other personalized interventions.
Direct and supervise care provided by other healthcare professionals.
Accountable for making patient care assignments based on the scope of practice and skill level of assigned personnel.
Recognize adverse signs and symptoms and quickly react in emergency situations.
Communicate and collaborate with a diverse group of people for the purpose of informing the healthcare team of plans/actions, for teaching/education to benefit the patient/family and organization.
Make referral appointments and arrange specialty care as appropriate.
Perform nursing services identified in the unit.
Conduct research in support of improved practice and patient outcomes.